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Optica, Optics Express, 4(28), p. 4751, 2020

DOI: 10.1364/oe.383570

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Detailed illumination model for bifacial solar cells

Journal article published in 2020 by Klaus Jäger ORCID, Peter Tillmann, Christiane Becker
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

We present a detailed illumination model for bifacial photovoltaic modules in a large PV field. The model considers direct light and diffuse light from the sky and treats the illumination of the ground in detail, where it discriminates between illumination of the ground arising from diffuse and direct light. The model calculates the irradiance components on arbitrarily many positions along the module. This is relevant for finding the minimal irradiance, which determines the PV module performance for many PV modules. Finally, we discuss several examples. The code for the model is available online (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3543570).